How to Use lackluster in a Sentence

lackluster

adjective

• For each, the last half-dozen of those games have been lackluster.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• Does the end of ‘easy money’ mean the end of lackluster training?
  — Byjane Thier, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Can’t put out a great record and then go play live and just be lackluster.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 13 July 2022
• The same cannot be said of many lackluster district schools.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
• The Dell landed at the back of an already lackluster pack.
  — PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2025
• For years, the VA has been dogged by reports of lengthy wait times and lackluster service.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 24 May 2023
• While the offense has been great, the pitching has been lackluster at best.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
• So the Wolverines are getting hit in the mouth at the start of every game — and the response has been lackluster.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2020
• This site is lackluster, but a good option for those who might need to break up a long day.
  — Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
• On the flipside, Tesla stock sank 18% off the bank of a lackluster earnings call.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• The lackluster draw to the Dash didn’t change the Thorns’ top position in the Challenge Cup standings.
  — oregonlive, 3 May 2021
• And Kalb, who dragged No Nem down with his poor service and lackluster dessert, was asked to pack his knives and go.
  — Lauren McDowell, Chron, 21 Apr. 2022
• Using the wrong products for your hair type can lead to oily roots, flaky skin and lackluster strands.
  — Caitie Kelly, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• Results from the deal with Markle and Prince Harry have been more lackluster.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2023
• Pittman didn’t mince words about the lackluster performance against the Tigers.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | [e-mail], al, 16 Oct. 2021
• Young was great in Year 2, even if the pieces around him produced a lackluster defense.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
• By half time, some in the crowd appeared a bit stunned by the lackluster U.S. performance so far.
  — NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
• The intro was first revealed at the start of the show’s second episode, and some critics found it a bit lackluster.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2024
• But her funds’ lackluster showing this year pales next to last year’s surge.
  — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2021
• Read more on how the opaque drug pricing process leads patients to choose this lackluster hack.
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Aug. 2024
• Seasoned with salt air, even the most lackluster sandwich takes on a glow.
  — Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
• The lackluster start of the second show of the new season could have used some stupid lizard trash energy.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2021
• And while the record is lackluster and the play has been pedestrian, there’s not enough reason to panic.
  — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• Despite a lackluster performance thus far, The Gray Man has remained on the charts for the first 23 days of its run.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
• Turns out, price-conscious gifts don’t have to be lackluster.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2021
• An assistant coach from the other side of the court yelled about the lackluster defense.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Jan. 2022
• He’s come up in huge moments for the Oilers after a lackluster three games to start.
  — Jackson Castellano, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2024
• In the premiere, the 10 finalists have to direct a scene from the lackluster Gray Matter script, and Winbush’s scene is the best.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2023
• Lane is expected to declare for the draft after the season and would be a huge boost to what is a bit of a lackluster receiver room.
  — Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
• Yet while anger over youth violence and other issues may have prompted the mayor not to run again in Gilbert, voters did not punish other incumbents for what many felt was a lackluster town response.
  — Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025